Lebedyn ( uk, Лебеди́н, ) is a city in

Sumy Oblast Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most r ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Lebedyn is located in

Sumy Raion Sumy Raion ( uk, Сумський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Sumy, which is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong ...

. Before July 2020, Lebedyn served as the administrative center of

Lebedyn Raion Lebedyn Raion ( uk, Лебединський район) was a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the pl ...

; it was administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. Population: An air base is located nearby. The city also has a

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History

Lebedyn was built in 1653 as a small wooden fortress ( ostrog) of the

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. Lebedyn reportedly got its name from the nearby Lebedyn Lake. In 1708 the settlement was a site of

executions of Cossacks in Lebedin Executions of Cossacks in Lebedin ( uk, Катівня в Лебедині), (russian: Казни казаков в Лебедине) in 1708–1709 was a large-scale execution of Ukrainian Cossacks suspected of having sided with Hetman Ivan M ...

, in which supporters of Ivan Mazepa were mass executed on the orders of

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

. Since April 1780 it was the administrative centre of Lebedin uyezd in

Kharkov Governorate The Kharkov Governorate ( pre-reform Russian: , tr. ''Khárkovskaya gubérniya'', IPA: �xarʲkəfskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə ) was a governorate of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From ...

of the

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The district had a territorial extent of 2723.1 versts, or around 1,805 miles, with Lebedyn its capitol. Kharkov Governorate Lebedinsky uezd

In the 1897 census the town had a population of 14,301 (6,871 men, 7,430 women), while the District as a whole had a total of 178,144 (88,681 men, 89,463 women) inhabitants. Following the creation of the

on the 7 of March 1923, Lebedyn remained the capitol of the new regional administration. During World War Two from October 11, 1941, to February 21, 1943, and from March 10 to August 19, 1943, Lebedyn was under German occupation. In 1994 an

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was opened in Lebedyn. On the 27 of February, 2022, a series of clashes broke out in Lebedyn, with Ukrainian elements defending on the outskirts of Lebedyn at the town of Kamiane at 10:45 PM that day. At around 7:30 AM, March 5, 2022, Russian forces launched an airstrike on infrastructure in Lebedyn. This included multiple private homes of civilians and cars, as well as gas stations. This notwithstanding the battle resulted in a Ukrainian victory no later than April 4 as Russian troops retreated from the Sumy region. By April 7, Sumy region, including Lebedyn, regained its communications.

Gallery

File:Lebedyn - Mykolaivska church.JPG, St. Nicholas Church File:Lebedyn - Voskresenska church.JPG, Resurrection Church File:Lebedyn Pokrovs'ka Tserkva 02 Pokrovs'ka (R.Luksemburg) 44 (YDS_6072).JPG, Intercession Church File:Lebedyn Budynok Mis'koyi Upravy 01 Inetnattsional'na pl. 10 (YDS 6085).JPG, Former city hall File:Lebedyn Market.jpg, Old market File:Lebedyn Second World War Memorial.jpg,

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memorial

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{{Authority control Cities in Sumy Oblast Lebedinsky Uyezd Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Cities and towns built in the Sloboda Ukraine

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